[ripe-list] RIPE Working Group Chair Financial Support call for consensus by 15 June 2020

To follow up on the proposal the community plenary at RIPE 80, to provide
financial support  Working Group (WG) Chairs if needed, I would like
community input.

The presentation can be seen at 7:45 into the video at
https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/383/

In principle, all RIPE Meeting attendees, including RIPE WG Chairs,
Programme Committee members and presenters are expected to cover the costs
of participating in a RIPE Meeting. However, in exceptional cases, for
instance, if a WG would end up with no Chair during a meeting, a WG Chair
can ask the RIPE Chair to request financial assistance from the RIPE NCC.
This has mostly been limited to waiving the meeting fee, not for travel and
accommodation.

The matter was discussed at RIPE NCC Executive Board meeting December 2018
after it was brought to the attention of the RIPE NCC Executive Board
through one of its members. The board was positive to provide support also
for travel and accommodation if needed, and tasked the RIPE Chair trough
EB402 tasked to make a draft procedure.

The proposal is modelled after the RIPE Fellowship program and can be found
at:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support

If there is consensus from the community on this I will do a formal request
to the RIPE NCC for such support.

Hans Petter Holen
ad-interim RIPE  Chair
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